School Board To Take Up Law On Classroom Space

AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA

September 17, 1997

DAYTONA BEACH — A controversial new law on classroom space and school construction tops the agenda of today's meeting between the Volusia County School Board and representatives of nine area chambers of commerce.

The 5 p.m. meeting will be held at Mainland High School's media center, 125 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., in Daytona Beach.

Participants will discuss a law that counts portable classrooms, music rooms, art rooms and computer labs as regular classrooms.

Calculating space that way means there's more room in Florida schools, at least on paper.

Gov. Lawton Chiles intends to call a special legislative session to address classroom crowding and possible changes to the law.

At today's meeting, school and chamber officials plan to draft a list of recommended changes to the law that will be sent to Volusia's legislative delegation.